Francesco Bassano the Younger

Abraham and Melchizedek



Francesco Bassano the Younger - Abraham and Melchizedek



Francesco Bassano the Younger
Abraham and Melchizedek
85.5 x 38 cm
Oil on canvas
signed on the altar lower right: FRANCco A PONT/ BASS./F
Sale Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2018


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Provenance

William Beckford (1760–1844), Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire
by inheritance to his daughter Susan, who married
Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and 7th Duke of Brandon (1767–1852)
thence by descent to William Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton (1845–95)
his sale (the Hamilton Palace sale), London, Christie's, 24 June 1882 (4th day), nr. 396 (as a pair of wings of a triptych), for 580 Guineas to Agnew
Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829–1900), Wootton Hall, Ashbourne, Derby
his posthumous sale, London, Christie's, 27 April 1901, nr. 17, for 85 Guineas to Agnew
anonymous sale ('a Joint Property'), London, Christie's, 10 December 1982, nr. 24
with H.P. Buchen, Berlin
from whom probably acquired for the present collection
sale (property from a private collection) Sotheby's, London, 6 December 2018, nr. 117

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